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1、The Custom Of The Traditional Chinese Wedding,The four joys in life,Have a welcome rain after a long drought,The four joys in life,Run into an old friend in a distant land,The four joys in life,Wedding night,The four joys in life,Come with success in the imperial examination,Three Letters and Six et
2、iquettes,Three Letters1、the betrothal letter2、the gift letter3、the wedding letter,Three Letters and Six etiquettes,Six etiquettes/etiket/礼仪礼节1、Proposing求婚 when a boys parents intended to make a match,they would invite a matchmaker（红娘）to propose with them at the girls home.,Three Letters and Six etiq
3、uettes,Six etiquettes2、Birthday Matching after knowing the girls full name and birthday,they would ask a fortune teller to predict whether that could match their sons and whether there would be a happy marriage.,Three Letters and Six etiquettes,Six etiquettes3、Presenting Betrothal Gifts（送聘礼）if the m
4、atch was predicted to be auspicious/:spis/吉祥的,the matchmaker would take gifts to the girls parents and tell them that the process could continue.,Three Letters and Six etiquettes,Six etiquettes4、Presenting Wedding Gifts prolific大量的 gifts were presented again to the girls family,symbolizing respect a
5、nd kindness towards the girls family as well as the capability of providing a good life for the girl.,Three Letters and Six etiquettes,Six etiquettes5、Selecting the Wedding Date the boys family asked the fortune-teller to choose a date according to the astrological book when it would be proper and p
6、ropitious to hold the wedding ceremony.,Three Letters and Six etiquettes,Six etiquettes6、Wedding Ceremony the wedding ceremony began with the groom and his party meeting the bride in her home.Before this day the brides dowry would have been sent to the boys house.The dowry represented her social sta
7、tus and wealth,and would be displayed at the boys house.,Wedding Ceremony,Fetch the bride Before the meeting partys arrival,the bride would be helped by a respectable old woman to tie up her hair with colorful cotton threads.She would wear a red skirt as Chinese believed red foreshadowed delight.,We
8、dding Ceremony,Wedding Lament When the party arrived,the bride,covered by a red head-kerchief,must cry with her mother to show her reluctance to leave home.She would be led or carried by her elder brother to the sedan.,Wedding Ceremony,Kick the curtain of the sedan chair to kicked off the brides pri
9、de,Wedding Ceremony,Stride the fire pan to counteract evil force,Wedding Ceremony,Obeisance bow to the heaven and the earth bow to parents bow to each other,Wedding Ceremony,Enter the bridal chamber then the new couple would go to their bridal chamber and guests would be treated to a feast.,Wedding Ceremony,Drink cross-cupped wineStir up the red veil,Wedding Ceremony,Tease the new couple though this seemed a little noisy,both of them dropped shyness and got familiar with each other,Questions,On the Obeisance,what process should be done?,
